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ISO 639-3: nak

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

Other known names and dialect names: Auka, Babata, Bileki, Lakalai, Losa, Loso, Mamuga, Maututu, Muku, Nakonai, Tarobi, Ubae, Vele, Vere

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Primary texts

  1. ONLINEBileki Bakovi (wordlists). Malcolm Ross (compiler). 1980. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:MR1-033
  2. ONLINEGenesis Abridgement. The Long Now Foundation. 1976. S.I.L. Printing Department. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_nak_gen-1

Lexical resources

  1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Nakanai. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:nak

Language descriptions

  1. Nakanai of New Britain : the grammar of an Oceanic language. Johnston, Raymond Leslie. 1980. Pacific linguistics. Series B ; no. 70. oai:gial.edu:25388
  2. ONLINEGlottolog 5.0 Resources for Nakanai. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:naka1262
  3. ONLINENakanai of New Britain: The grammar of an oceanic language. Johnston, Raymond L. 1980. Australian National University. oai:sil.org:23152
  4. ONLINENakanai syntax. Johnston, Raymond L. 1978. SIL International. oai:sil.org:9528
  5. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Nakanai. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:nak

Other resources about the language

  1. ONLINENakanai of New Britain: the grammar of an oceanic language. Johnston, Raymond Leslie. 1980. Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University for Linguistic Circle of Canberra. oai:refdb.wals.info:2458
  2. ONLINEDimensions of Variation in Multi-Pattern Reduplication. Spaelti, Philip. 1997. WALS Online RefDB. oai:refdb.wals.info:3025
  3. ONLINEThe evolution of grammar: Tense, aspect and modality in the languages of the world. Bybee, Joan L.; Perkins, Revere; Pagliuca, William. 1994. The University of Chicago Press. oai:refdb.wals.info:4270
  4. ONLINENakanai: a language of Papua New Guinea. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:nak
  5. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Nakanai. Damir Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2017-09-27. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_nak
  6. Magurei: La vigilimulimulile Magurei. Johnston, Marilyn (editor); Johnston, Raymond L. (editor). 1972. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21384
  7. La vigilemulimulile Pakasa Uru me Tulagola. Johnston, Raymond L. (editor). 1974. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21745
  8. Ale la mulule New Britain. Putagu, Nelson; Saleo, Darius T.; Uma, Dimon. 1974. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:22382
  9. ONLINESerial verbs and the expression of concepts of location and motive in Nakanai. Johnston, Raymond L. 1978. Second International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics: Proceedings, Stephen A. Wurm and Lois Carrington (eds.). oai:sil.org:22815
  10. The semantics of irrealis in Austronesian languages of Papua New Guinea. A cross-linguistic study. Bugenhagen, Robert D. 1993. Vakgroep Talen en Culturen van Zuidoost-Azië en Oceanië, Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden. oai:sil.org:23004
  11. Lakalai (Nakanai). Johnston, Raymond L. 1974. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:39201
  12. Conceptualizing in Nakanai and English: a case study of grammatical categories. Johnston, Raymond L. 1981. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:39297
  13. Accounting for word order: Nakanai agentless sentences. Johnston, Raymond L. 1978. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:39322
  14. Legends from Papua New Guinea. McElhanon, Kenneth A. (editor). 1974. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:39334

Other resources in the language

  1. ONLINEMigrations implied by relationships of New Britain dialects to Central Pacific languages. Goodenough, Ward Hunt. 1961. Wellington, N.Z. : The Polynesian Society. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:522813
  2. ONLINENakanai of New Britain : the grammar of an Oceanic language. Johnston, Raymond Leslie. 1980. Pacific linguistics. Series B ; no. 70. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:875064
  3. ONLINEMagurei; la vigilimulimulile Magurei. The story of Magurei, a folk story from West New Britain. Johnston, Raymond Leslie; Johnston, Marilyn. 1972. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea, Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:880767
  4. ONLINEEgiteu e Judea = The Jewish people : a book of Biblical customs, Nakanai language. Putagu, Nelson; Summer Institute of Linguistics. 1976. Ukarumpa, P.G.N. : Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:1330778
  5. ONLINESyntax and semantics in Papua New Guinea languages. Franklin, Karl J. (Karl James). 1981. Ukarumpa, E.H.D., Papua New Guinea : Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:1379546
  6. ONLINEA polymath anthropologist : essays in honour of Ann Chowning. Lyons, Harriet; Counts, Dorothy Ayers; Chowning, Ann; Gross, Claudia, 1960-; University of Auckland. Department of Anthropology. 2005. Research in anthropology & linguistics, 1174-5967 ; no. 6. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:2877840
  7. ONLINEGenes, language, and culture history in the Southwest Pacific. Friedlaender, Jonathan Scott. 2007. Human evolution series. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:2973467
  8. ONLINETopics in Oceanic morphosyntax. Moyse-Faurie, Claire; Sabel, Joachim, 1962-. 2011. Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 239. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:3349729

Other known names and dialect names: Auka, Babata, Bileki, Lakalai, Losa, Loso, Mamuga, Maututu, Muku, Nakonai, Tarobi, Ubae, Vele, Vere

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